The Buzz Newsletter

November 2006

 

 

Page 6

 

ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
IOWA HONEY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
NOVEMBER 17TH & 18TH 2006

It's meeting time again! The annual meeting of the Iowa Honey Producers Association will be held Friday, November 17th and Saturday, November 18th, 2006 in Marshalltown, Iowa at the Best Western Regency Inn located at 3303 South Center Street.

Rooms for the event are available at the Best Western Regency Inn for the rate of 1 adult for $64.80 or 2 adults for $69.30. These rooms need to be reserved by October 26th to get the convention special rate and please mention the Iowa Honey Producers when reserving the rooms. The telephone number to call the Best Western is (641)752-6321.

The Econo Lodge is now a Super 8. The Super 8 had not returned a price at the time of this printing. You may contact the Super 8 at (641) 752-3137.

Mark your calanders for November 17th and 18th!! The Annual Iowa Honey Producers fall meeting is coming up and it will be held in Marshalltown at the Best Western Regency Inn. One of the speakers will be Zachary Huang of Michigan State University. Check out the cover photos on the American Bee Journal for July and August. Zachary took those! Check out more of his photos or him at www.beetography.com or www.cyberbee.net.

Jamie Ellis will also be there. He is the associate professor of entomology at the University of Florida. He is one of the leading experts on the small hive beetle, and the beetles are now in Wisconsin. Come and support the IHPA. We hope to see you in November!

Rules for the Photo Contest at the IHPA Annual Meeting

Photo must be matted but not framed.
Any size photo will be accepted for this competition.
Please put your name on the backside of the photo.
Categories to be submitted will include:

Bee on Flower
General Beekeeping
Marketing or Promotion
Extracting Honey or Specific Photos pertaining to Honey

Rules for the Cooking with Honey Contest at the IHPA Annual Meeting

Honey is to be the only sweetener
Please submit your recipe with your entry
(Judges will keep recipes to be included in the BUZZ)
Put your name on the back of the recipe card
Categories to be submitted will include:

1. Desserts
2. Bars or Cookies
3. Drinks
4. Cakes
5. Breads
6. Appetizers or Snacks

Entries could be judged on: (Judges reserve the right to determine how to best judge the entries)
Presentation of entry
Best use of honey
Amount of honey used (compared to other entries in category)
Flavor of entry
Overall appearance of entry